Courts and the copyright board had already ruled that you can not copyright art, photos, and books created with AI.  You can only copyright the parts of a work that were created by you, the human so the ruling was not shocking.  The U.S. Copyright Office Review Board rejected a request by artist Jason M. Allen for copyright protection for his image “Theatre D’opera Spatial,” which was generated the AI system Midjourney, in a ruling issued earlier this month.

Allen told Reuters earlier this month that the review board’s latest decision was expected, but also expressed confidence that he “will win in the end.”

“If this stands, it is going to create more problems than it solves,” Allen said. “This is going to create new and creative problems for the copyright office in ways we can’t even speculate yet.”

When you publish a book Amazon using KDP, you now have to tell if AI was used to generate graphics and text and how much of it was generated using AI.  People have wondered about these questions added.  They have speculated on why Amazon is doing this.  They have suggested it is because of the Karens out there complaining about AI.  But it probably has to do with the fact you can’t copyright AI work.

Now while you can not copyright an AI work, the copyright office has made clear you can copyright the part that you, a human, created.  Still, people have to wonder the degree that if they use AI, and have to admit to it, to what degree it will bring their copyright into question.

Now all of this has to do with the copyright office.  And reminder: You have never been able to copyright an idea or a trope.  You can only copyright the presentation of that idea and that presentation has to be original enough to be copyrighted.  Also, simply registering a copyright, while evidence in court, does not prevent copyright disputes that ultimately may have to be settled in court, and not by some internet company attempting to play judge and jury.

On the issue of patents:

The USPTO and Federal Circuit’s opinions imply that inventions made by human beings with the assistance of AI are eligible for patent protection. However, there is uncertainty and much debate as to how much AI assistance is too much for patentability.  So the patent office is taking a little bit different stand than the copyright office.

Hearing Wrap Up: Federal Government Use of Artificial Intelligence Poses Promise, Peril

You might notice that this so called hearing has mostly been a whitewash to give big tech and the government cover.  And the regular media is fully participating in that whitewash.  AI is being used in the operation of drones and other weapons.  It is already being used to kill people around the world.  When Elon Musk warns, though he is also whitewashing the issue, that AI could destroy humanity he is just chasing a squirrel up a tree.  AI has already been used by governments to murder people and and it not just some theory that AI is threat to humanity, it is a threat.

AI has already been used by the US with the help of drones to murder 12,000 people, including 400 children.  China has been busy as beavers using AI to terrorize its own citizens.  And the Biden administration with his fake liberal cabinet is now in race with China to do the same here in the US.  Do you seriously think the monster, the threat to humanity that is AI, was not used in destroying the lives of the January 6’rs.

Now all that said, I love using AI to generate graphics, but to pretend that AI in specific, and computer technology in general is not a threat to humanity is retarded.  If our US Congress continues to whitewash this issue or care more about deep fake videos than little children being murdered, they are also a God Damn Threat to humanity.  Hell, Congress may now all be a bunch of AI generated robots.  We wouldn’t know the difference and the fucked up pieces of shit who run the media would not tell us.

 

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